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I've also started a 100 pushups in 6 weeks plan. I'm pretty excited about it. I'm edging my way towards strength training again.
Messed my eating up this weekend but now I'm back with a vengeance.
Knackered when I got home like.
Today just doing a gym sesh at half 10, hopefully about an hour. Oh got to walk the dog too
Quite a long train ride I think..though I've never been to Dartford! Gillingham in Kent..
Yeah if you could just find out about it and how much it would cost. That would be really great
I was thinking about this because I've only managed to lose 2.8lbs in 4 weeks, so I'm thinking, okay so it's very slow weightloss, but I suppose it would be more permanent than if I was to lose 2lbs every week? Hmm.
Is it something to do with losing weight fast makes your body think its starving so will put weight on at the next opportunity, where as if you lose it slowly your body starts to think of your new weight as normal
That sounds like an 8 year old explained it lol
yup very true :yes:
(and a simple straight to the point answer
from around january for about 6 weeks, i 'basically' starved myself in order to lose weight fast - and in those 6 weeks i lost about a stone and a half.
obviously, i couldnt keep up with the whole not eating thing, and when i started eating again the weight all piled back on again. and then some
i dont recommend it.
slow is the way to do it
Right. I've been working out since March now having started from pretty much complete beginner level. I want to ask now how I can 'improve' my work out as I know that I've been improving and now I'm not sure how to best change things to keep improving. I have added a few things in to my original programme but it seems mostly to be getting longer rather than harder. Am I right in thinking that I should be working out 'better' rather than 'longer'? So like how does that mean? Like increasing the levels and speeds and weights or the number of sets? For getting fitter is it silly to do a further distance, should I just be trying to do the same distance quicker? Or the same amount of time but more distance?
Also, I'm getting really into stretching. Any tips for more advanced stretching?
Overall I'm not very fit, I'm not very strong either but I do have good flexibility.
1 Stone Lighter
I've shed a similar amount so far this summer and shopping is starting to be a dangerous venture because I keep finding stuff that looks amazing on me! Just today I bought a dress. And two tops. Eek!
I became friends with a really fit gymrat recently and it's driving me mad I want to do weights so bad now. I just know that it'll be more fun if I lose more weight. I want those muscles to be seen. :thumb:
However, I did squats today (3x10) and it absolutely killed my legs. Which was unfortunate as I had a dance lesson later on. I can feel my legs will be stupidly sore tomorrow. Yep, I'm going to need to put some work into getting to where I stopped this spring!
I have lost 9llb so far and its a long trek for me as I need to lose at least another 3 and a half hopefully 4 and a half stone !
You do know that a well structured weights workout will burn fat/calories far more effectively than most other exercise...
How long is this going to take to get super fit
To get super fit you have to really push yourself. Changing distances, aiming to beat previous times, throwing intervals in there, hill training etc.
If you're just plodding along doing the same old thing, then your body will just get used to it and you won't progress much at all. The body does not react well to doing the same thing over and over if you're looking to improve yourself. All you'll find is that you will find the 1.5 mile distance gets easier, but if you then decided to go for a 5 mile run, your body will tire not long after the distance you have effectively trained it for. Simply put, you're not going to get super fit doing what you are now.
1.5 miles is not a long way at all. I'm guessing that will take you approx 10 minutes? You should be building up to an hour of running in one block. There are plenty of training plans for running etc etc on the internet. Do some googling
Yeah I do know that. I'm however not working on losing weight through exercise, my main focus is diet. I do all the cardio based stuff because I need exercise to stay in good physical health (back problems).
I've read a lot about this and most sources say focus on losing weight, then lift. Or lift and eat at a deficit but don't expect to get stronger.
So far what I'm doing is working and if I keep it up I can enjoy the gym even more once I do return. The finish line is almost in sight now.
Sounds fair enough
Believe me im trying to continually break my last time for doing the 1.5 miles. Every time i do it!
I do longer runs as well, but i save them for the weekend.
U-huh, but you say you run at a steady pace. It doesn't sound like you're pushing yourself at all.
You need to mix it up, different routes, distances etc.
Basically what I have already written.
I've got another 5 stones to get into the higher end of a healthy BMI for my height and 6 stones to shed to be in the lower end of the healthy BMI for height. It's gonna be a long slog but I'm in it for the long haul!
Im running at a steady pace and varying the terrain, the extra runs im doing is more so to prepare me for the onslaught of continued effort in the months to comes.
The results worry me a bit. It measures your weight as well, and it said a "good" target would be to lose 1.4 kgs (apparently that's "3 lb and 1.38 oz") in 2 weeks, but I've lost that much in 3 days.
I do weigh myself at roughly the same time each day, and my diet hasn't changed. The program suggested I might be pushing myself too much, but I don't think I am. I do about 30 mins of different stuff a day, and in the end I'm tired (and sweaty) but not so much that I need to sit/lie down or anything (in fact I can go on moving fine).
Do I have reason to worry?
Best time to do measuring your weight is when you get up first thing on a morning, right after you have been to the toilet.
At first you will lose weight fairly fast, then it comes off slower. The exercise is good but it needs to be combined also with a healthy diet. My own general method is to eat whatever I want but the less healthy foods to eat in lower quantities and a lot of the time I weigh the foods I am eating. I have cut down the portion sizes of a lot of the meals over the last year and that has helped me a lot.
I am also a lot fitter than I used to be. By the way you should do some weights training as well as cardio. This enables you to build muscle as you lose fat. Your weight loss might be lessened even though the fat content goes down because of the muscle you are building.